Virtual Lies is a progressive metal/rock band from Mitilini, Greece, formed in 2022. They explore complex progressive compositions from the Aegean island of Lesbos.

Virtual Void is a death/thrash metal band from Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound merges death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless energy in the Czech underground scene.

Virtue is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Oxford, England, formed in 2018. They revive the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with classic riffing and anthemic vocals.

Virulent Life is a death metal/grindcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2021. They combine death metal's crushing heaviness with grindcore's furious velocity.

Virus was formed in Oslo, Norway in 2000 by Carl-Michael Eide, a veteran of the avant-garde black metal project Ved Buens Ende, alongside bassist Petter Berntsen and drummer Einar Sjurso. The band's sound occupied an unusual space between progressive rock, post-punk, and extreme metal, drawing frequent comparisons to Voivod and Talking Heads, and released four studio albums between 2003 and 2016 through Season of Mist and Karisma Records. The band dissolved in 2018.

Virus Project is a gothic/doom metal band from Eger, Hungary, formed in 2020. They blend gothic metal's dark atmosphere with doom's crushing weight.

Kyiv's Virvel av Morkerhatet, whose Swedish name means "whirl of the hatred of darkness," channels Scandinavian black metal tradition through a Ukrainian perspective. Their atmospheric compositions build immersive, tremolo-driven soundscapes of cold fury and existential darkness.

Virvum was formed in Zürich, Switzerland in 2007 by guitarists Bryan Berger and Nic Gruhn, crafting a style of technical death metal notable for its melodic expansiveness and progressive architecture. Their debut album Illuminance (2016) attracted widespread attention and led to a deal with Season of Mist in 2017, positioning them alongside the leading acts in contemporary technical and progressive death metal. Gruhn's profile rose further through his work touring with Fallujah and opening for Suffocation and Cephalic Carnage.

VIS is a black/folk/pagan metal band from Brescia, Italy, formed in 2017. They weave folk and pagan elements into a black metal framework.